Surprisingly, the film's most graphic scene - Jigsaw's wide-awake brain surgery scene - remained completely uncut by the MPAA. The filmmakers argued that it was no different from the kind of thing people could catch on any medical documentary on TV.

In Saw II, Amanda Young slit her wrists with razor blades. By Saw III the cuts would have healed but left marks or scars. There are no visible marks or scars on her wrists but in Saw VI, the flashback sequence which took place during the events of Saw III clearly make a reference to the scars on her wrists.

(at around 1h 2 mins) When Lynn is operating on John's head, she cuts the skin from the skull and then clips off some veins. Right when she asks Amanda to fill the syringe with alcohol to clean John's head, Lynn turns back to wipe up some of the blood, but there are no clips in place. A shot after that, we see her taking the syringe from Amanda's head and squirting the alcohol on John's head and the clips are there.

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Saw III can be found here.

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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How many different versions of "Saw III" are there?

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In the USA three versions have been released: The theatrical version, the unrated version and an unrated Director's Cut. The theatrical version was trimmed down in 132 scenes (most of them cuts due to violence to secure the r-rating). The theatrical version has also been released on DVD as well as an unrated-version which includes the scenes that were cut from the theatrical version. A few months later a director's cut version was released. It includes all scenes from the unrated-version but also offers some new plot scenes and an alternate ending. A detailed comparison between the theatrical version and the unrated version can be found here. A comparison between the unrated version and the unrated Director's Cut can be found here here.